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Italiot, -ote, n. and a.|ɪˈtælɪɒt, -əʊt|
[ad. Gr. Ἰταλιώτης, f. Ἰταλία Italy.]
A. n. A person of Greek descent dwelling in ancient Italy; an inhabitant of Magna Græcia.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Greek colonies in southern Italy or Magna Græcia.
1660Stanley Hist. Philos. ix. (1701) 359/1 A Councel being called, and it being put to the question, Whether they should deliver up the Italiotes to the Sybarites, or undergo a War with an enemy more powerful than themselves? 1841W. Spalding Italy & It. Isl. I. 117 Several illustrious names in Grecian poetry and science belong by birth to the Italiot settlements. 1892Athenæum 6 Aug. 187/1 The concluding chapters..give a pretty full account of the literary side of Sicilian and Italiot history. |